Exclusive Villa at Wyndham Rio Mar with New Kitchen in Puerto Rico

WOW! Awesome! We love Puerto Rico.

Waiting To Return (Reading, PA USA)
Review submitted: January 20, 2010   Date of arrival: December 24, 2009

So much to do, we'll have to come back. Wanted to write in your guest book, but like other plans we just ran out of time. The condo was great. Being part of the Rio Grande resort was so peaceful, we didn't even use the golf, tennis, health spa, resort restaurants, casino, kids programs, beach rentals, tours, etc. With so much at the resort, it's funny that what made our vacation was the quiet. The Cluster II condos really have the best of both worlds; quiet beach relaxing & resort life. For our daily doses of action we explored the northeast of P.R.

We did enjoy:
love the beach club 6 of 7 days,
three of the pools,
the golf cart & paths,
the view(s),
iguana feeding
local culture
7 of the restaurants you recommended (all excellent)
the terrific rainforest (for free, the guards/guides told us all we needed to know)
Culebra Island (we went on our only rainy bad weather day, aim for sunshine, but still a great adventure and it got us out of the house)
4x4 tour and swimming in the river
go cart racing
Old San Juan
"doing nothing" at the condo

Thank you very much. Everything was just as you said, or better! Not easy to keep a family of 7 all active and interested, but your corner of the world has it all.

Recommended for: adventure seekers, age 55+, families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway, sight seeing, romantic getaway

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PERFECT FOR TWO COUPLES

cdngolfers (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Review submitted: March 2, 2013   Date of arrival: February 2, 2013

We enjoyed 8 days in Puerto Rico from 2 to 10 Feb 2013. The villa was perfectly located for our activities such as golf, beach, pool, restaurants, groceries, rain forest and other sightseeing. We enjoyed our morning coffee and late afternoon cocktails on the balcony overlooking the Rio Mar Ocean Golf Course watching the iguanas, birds and golfers. For two couples, the villa allowed complete privacy - with one bedroom/bath on main level and one bedroom/bath on upper level.
Points to note:
1. Grocery store - Ralphs - perfect location for picking up groceries/ alcohol on way from airport to villa
2. Restaurants:
- Kings Seafood in Luguillo was excellent for seafood and prices. Hard to find though
- Richies - food was average. If you want the view go for lunch or early dinner
- Rio Mar Resort restaurants - expensive but great food. Our favourite was the Italian. Golf Club had good food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Be aware, the Resort charges for parking and can get very expensive
3. Beach is one of the best ones in the Carribean and easy walk from the Villa Owner Beach Club to the Rio Mar Resort
4. Golf: We golfed the Rio Mar Ocean and River Courses - the River Course was more challenging. We also golfed the Bahia Beach GC - we highly recommend this course, it was beautiful.
5. Tours: Book tours thru Rio Mar Resort - Baccardi Rum and old San Juan well worth it. El Yunque Rainforest is an easy self drive if you have a car rental
We had some maintenance problems but Rafael quickly contacted us to resolve them.
As with any home, there were areas in need of updating/renovations
We love Puerto Rico, found the people very friendly and would recommend this location.

Recommended for: adventure seekers, age 55+, families with young children, sight seeing

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Great Place to Stay! As advertised!

Michael L. ()
Review submitted: May 4, 2012   Date of arrival: March 24, 2012

We had two couples stay at this rental from 3/24/12-3/30/12. The space was VERY comfortable for 4 people however I would say there is plenty of room for a famly of 6-8 to feel very comfortable.

This condo is in PERFECT shape with the pictures really not doing justice to updates done throughout along with the size of the place. I would say it was much nicier/bigger then the pictures show. Great outdoor eating area with gas BBQ grill overlooking wonderful golf course views. This unit is lower on the property so there are no Ocean views (We didn't miss out on this at all. We really enjoyed the view we had as we spent all the time by the Ocean). With all the windows open there is amazing airflow so we only turned on our bedroom AC on at night. As someone who ALWAYS uses AC it was nice to know this unit had AC throught the whole unit however we never needed it.

Rafael who owns the condo lives in the unit a few months of year so it is completly furnished and it is clear that this condo very "Loved". I HIGHLY reccemoned renting his golf cart as it makes the 5 minitue drive down to the beach/hotel very enjoyable.

There are three pools throughout the property that we used quite a bit. The pool closest to the unit was empty almost all the time and seemed to get the most sun so we hung out there quite a bit. We also had full access to the Rio Mar Pool/Beach which was great and also found ourselves in the Casino several of the nights. Not alot of nightlife however we enjoyed the low key evenings at Rio Mar and ended are trip in San Juan where we went out.

Rio Mar is 40 mins from the Airport and after cab there and back it really makes sense to rent a car.

Great Place! Rafael was great to work with, did everything he said he would, and we would stay here again in a second.

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